Packing.



G. W. CLEMENT.

PACKING.

APPLxATloN FILED MAR.4.1912. RENEWED PEB.4,1913

1,120,181, Patented 1360.8,1914

a manto@ 'A l Uni *sin srafrns PATENT osnion:

GEORGE W. lC13EIJIEI'I, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PACKING.

Specication of Letters Patent.

vApplication file d Merch '4, 1912, Serial No. 681,531. Renewed February 4, 1913. Serial 510.746.123.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. CLEMENT, aU citizen of. the .United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the lcounty of lVayne and State of Michigan, have inventedccr- -z-tain new and usci-'ul Improvements in Pack- -ingyof which the following isa specification,

refere'iicobeing had therein to the accom' panying drawings. u

- This invention relates t'o packing for use around 'ports or like place-s to pi-eient leakage between a member in which the port is I inafter set forth, vand more particularly vpointed out in the appended claims.

.pansion ring;

In the drawings, .Figure l is a View in 'longitudinal section through a ported wali provided with packing that embodies features of the invention, shown in relationto an opposing member; Fig. Zia a plrn" view of the port and packing; Fig. 'slioivs details of construction of a. packing and eX`- i and Fig. 1t is a plan view showing' a modification of a packing for ports that are not circular.

AS shown herein as preferred .forni of one type of 'the invention, a circular port 1 is surrounded byiin annular channel shown at 2 with a moving member 5l traversing or .moving past the mouth of the port. A pack-` ing. ring- 4 is disposed. in thc channel with its outcr face li'iea'ring against the face of the moving member 3;' The body ofthe ring is of substantialthickness and has' an inwardly projecting thin marginal Flange 5 with spring edge yielalingly contacting with the .outer periphery ofthe channel 2. The

ring is so disposed in relation to the channel that gas,steam or fluid unclerpressi'ire in the. port finds entrance to the channel through the-'clearance space asvindicated by the arrows in Fig. i and forces the ring outwardly against the member 3 while at the same time it expands tbe thin rim or ange "5 that is arraiged to have a. close .Siding i lit with the adjacent wall of the channel,

and under pressure effectually shuts oz`r eef cape .of the uid pest the ring.

of the packing.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914,

.To aid in seating the ring on the moving member a spring member 'may be em ployed. In preferreilform and more par-.-

ticularly with a circular port andconsequent annular packing, the spring member is a spilt ring having a beveled face 'i' adapted to bear against'a rounded shoulder- S of the ring 4 and therefore crowd the latter forward when the spring member expands, .the latter being inserted in position when contracted and backing against' the base of the channel to force the ring I forward.'

As indicated in Fig. 4, the port may be square, oblong or of other form, in which case the packing maycorrespond to the con'- tour of the port and the spring member may likewise be an expansible stripof the same configuration. Or any spring' means may be used to project the packing, if desired,

although the packing is electii-'c without this n'ieehanical means for projecting the same. v

In the form sboix-nfin Fig. l, if the. niember 3 be rotary in itsmotion past the port, it tends-to revolve the packing in the chan- -nel thereby wearing the latter evenly and in any .tormof construction` the vpacking pre-3 sent-s a face which maintains aclose lit with the moi-ing member with which itis in sliding contact. W'hen worn, the packing is readily replaced. Owing to this construc tion it may be readily water jacketed as indicated in Fig. 1 and whether so cooled or not, may be subjected t0 high temperature without losing its efficiency or otherwise deteriorating.

As a further detail of construction. the outer face 9 of the packing may be slightly tapered or'relieved from the base of the flange 5 to the ivearingjace of the packing,

to allow the latter to 'adily accommodate itself to the channel lan Sbear evenly against the moving lmember, if. the saine 'became slightly warped.

conformation mav be varied and this is of importance as the width of the =resilient rim may be increased lso that the frictionai or braking` effect of the saine'on theside of the channel neutralizes to a greater or less extent, as may be desired, the endthriist of the `Jpacking against anv moving member due to the pressure ofuidrbehind the body Obviously changes struction may be made without departing inthe ,details of con- The proportions of the cross-sectional" 1 1'5 yeijsely to theplane'ofcontact with-the companion'member by pressure of fluid in the opening. I

v2. The combination with members moving in relation to each other and s'ubstan` tially', in sliding-contact, one of'which has an opening adjacent the contacting face of the other member, of a continuous packing member inset in the ported member around the opening thereof vand adapted to be.

forced into Icontact with the companion member and into yielding conformity to a face of the retaining face of theported member transversely7 to the plane of contact with the companion member by pressure of fluid inx the'opening, and resilient means for forcing the packing member into contact with the otherI member independ' Aently of fluid pressure inthe opening.

3. The combination with members moving in relation to each other, and substantially Vin sliding contact, one of which has an opening traversed by the contacting face of the other member andsurrounded by la packing receiving channel, of a continuous packing member in the groove adapted tol be` forced into and held Ain sliding engagement, with the contacting face ofthe other member and into yieldingconformity with a retaining face of the channel transversely to' the face of the other member by pressure of fluid in the opening. Y

4. The combination with members moving Iin relation to each other and substantially kin sliding contact, .one of which has an opening adjacent the ,contacting face of the other member surrounded by a packing re ceiving channel, of a continuous packing member in the groove adapted to be forced into and held in sliding engagement with the other member and into yielding conformity with a retaining'face of the chan- 'nel transversely-to the face of the other` member by pressure of fluid in the opening, and a resilient member in the channel adapted to force the 4packing member against the other member independently of the action of fluid under pressure in the opening.

5. The combination with members in slid- J ,ing engagement and substantially in contact U With.each other, one of which has an opening '1",rsed by' the moving face of the other receivinf'gjchannel, of a continuous packing strip in the channel adapted to be `forced outwardly against the other member by fluid under pressure entering the channel from the opening and laterally into yielding conformity to the wall of the channel under such fluid pressure.

6. The combination with members having surfaces 1n sliding and substantially con. tactin'g engagement, one-of the members having a port in such surface surrounded by packing retaining recess, of a continuous strip in saidvrecesshaving a body adapted to bei projected by fliiid entering the recess from thevport under pressure, into frictional contact with the surface of the other member and a resilient flange adapted to be forced by such fluid pressure into contact'ivith the fall of the recess' to seal the latter, the flange being transverse to th'e face of the other member against which the strip is projected.y

7. Thecombination with members having surfaces in sliding and substantially contacting engagement, one of the members having a port in suchsurfaceA surrounded by a packing retaining recess, of a continuous strip in said recess having a body adapted to be projected by fluid entering the refifom the port under pressure. into frictional contact with the surface of the other member, a resilient flange adapted to be forced transversely fo the surface of the strip body by such fluid under pressure into contact with the Wall of the recess to seal the latter, and a resilient member adapted to hold. the body of the strip in contact with, ythe opposing surface of the other member independently of the fluid pressure.

8. The combination with members having surfaces in sliding and substantially contacting engagement, one of the members having a port in such surface surrounded by a packing retaining recess, of an endless strip seated in said recess, a body portion thereof adapted to be forced by fluid entering the recess under pressure into frictional engagement with the-opposing surface of vthe other member, and a flange on the body having a thin, resilient marginal portion transverse to the bearing face of the strip adapted to be forccdiby fluid under pressure into frictional engagement with the Wall of the recess to seal the latter against passage of fluid around the strip.

The combination With members havingsurfaces in sliding and substantially contacting engagement, one of the members having-a port in such surface surrounded by a packing retaining recess, of an endless strip seated in 'said recess, a body portion thereof adapted to be forced by fluid enter'- ing the recess under pressure into frictional mber and surrounded by a packing j enggagunent with the opposing surface of the otheA member, a flange on me body hnv ing :L thin resilient marginal portion transverse to the bearing face of the strip adapted to be forced by fluid under pressure into rietional engagement with the wall of the recess to seal `Lhe latter against passage of fluid around the strip, :1nd an expiinsible member in *Le recess for projecting the body of the strip independently of the action of Huid under pressure.

if). A continuous packing member for u [wrt through i member having movable con- Liiift with i1 companion member that sweeps across the port, which is adapted to be expanded into yieldingr conformity with the portions of the ported -member which it engages and to be forced transxersely to the direction of expansion of the packing member into Contact with the mmpuniou member by u pressure of [luid in the port.

In tebtimony whereof I :illix my signature in presence of two uitnesses.

GEORGE lV. CLEMENT.

lVtnesees C. R. S'IICKNEY, ANNA M. Donn. 

